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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines pays $253K to CARB for violating at-berth regulations

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The rule requires container, passenger and refrigerated cargo ships to reduce emissions while docked at California’s busiest ports, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Hueneme, San Francisco and San Diego. Power reduction requirements have been phased in over time and increased from 70% to 80% in 2020.

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Check out the ‘world’s first’ DC-to-DC solar-powered EV charger

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The solar EV charging tech company launched its product in February 2023 at Intersolar North America in Long Beach, California, and now it’s ready to take pre-orders. EV owners usually plug their cars into home chargers that are powered by an alternating current (AC) flow of energy generated from the electric grid.

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WattEV opens US’ first megawatt charge station with 1.2MW speeds and solar

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megawatts of power, currently the highest-speed charger available in the US, along with solar and battery backup on-site and a unique partially grid-islanded setup. WattEV has just opened the first electric truck charging depot in the US to use the new Megawatt Charge System, capable of delivering up to 1.2

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California Air Resources Board settles with COSCO Container Lines for $965,000; >2,600 air quality violations from 2014-2017

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The violations were discovered during routine audits of the Shanghai-based company’s 2014-2017 fleet visits to the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach and the Port of Oakland. The California Air Resources Board announced that COSCO Container Lines Co., has paid $965,000 in penalties for violating the Ocean-Going At-Berth Regulation.

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GMs Approach to Integrating Smart Plug-ins to the Smart Grid Leverages Emerging Standards and OnStar

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GM is embracing the use of communications standards that operate with optional data transports to enable smart charging and integration with the emerging smart grid. A network of smart loads with communications to report their current state and act on smart grid commands. EVSE=Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment. Source: GM.

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The US’s largest heavy-duty electric truck microgrid is powered by… natural gas

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US’s largest heavy-duty electric truck microgrid Prologis (NYSE: PLD) and Performance Team , A Maersk Company, have launched the heavy-duty electric truck charging depot near the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. I won’t get on my high horse about this disappointing discovery buried at the end of the press release.

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ABB and Fincantieri to Collaborate on Shore Power Systems

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ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, and Fincantieri, the Italian merchant and naval shipbuilder, have signed an agreement to collaborate on the construction, marketing and supply of high-voltage shore connection (HVSC) systems to provide electricity to vessels in port. Diagram of HVSC system. Click to enlarge.

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